Petticoat Ranch Book

Overall this was a fun and lighthearted story that I really enjoyed reading. I liked the marriage of convenience plot and watching as the dynamic of the story shifted as the characters became a family and grew to love each other.

There were quite a few funny moments, especially those that involved the four little girls. Sometimes, the heavy handedness of Clay could be annoying, however, his attitude about women showed the reader how little Clay actually knew about them. He really did have a good bit of growth by the end of the book.

Sophie had a tendency to be sneaky and feel that she had to go ahead with her plans, regardless of what her husband suggested. This came from the amount of responsiblity Sophie had carried on her shoulders throughout her marriage and the two years of her widowhood. She also grew a lot in the way she worked with her husband by the story's conclusion.

Men hearing Sophie's prayers from a distance? That really threw me. It got the men where they needed to be, but those moments required me to suspense reality as I read. But, even with that, I enjoyed this sweet story.